Sohrab case: Geetha Johri appears before CBI

She once probed the fake encounter case

PTI | August 26, 2010



IPS officer Geetha Johri, who was probing the 2005 fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and killing of his wife Kausarbi, today appeared before the CBI for questioning.

Johri reached the CBI office in Block 11 of the old secretariat campus around 1030 hours.

The central investigating agency had summoned woman officer, who is currently posted as commissioner of Rajkot, to appear on August 10, but Johri had then requested for more time as she had returned from a long leave.

In her request, Johri had said that since she has joined after a break she needed to get appraised on the case, before answering any questions.

The CBI has already interrogated Johri twice, after it began investigation into the fake encounter case following the Supreme court order in January this year.

The apex court, while transferring the case to CBI had minced no words in expressing displeasure at the failure of the Gujarat police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Inspector General of Police Geetha Johri.

The SC had also come down heavily on Gujarat police for failing to conduct impartial probe and attempting to "mislead" the apex court by filing conflicting action taken reports (ATRs) in the case. .

The court had said that while one of the investigating officers V L Solanki was proceeding in the right direction, Johri had not been carrying out the probe in the right manner.

Former state DGP P C Pande was also summoned by the CBI in the same case but he has not been able to appear before the agency as he was out of station.

After taking over the case from Gujarat CID in January, the CBI has arrested former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, currently lodged in Sabarmati Central jail, along with other 15 accused cops in connection with the case.
 

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